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How to center align text in JTextArea?


I have requirement of Text wrapping + Text Centering + Nimbus Look and Feel + with a background color black.
I tried out with the following 2 components
**1. JTextPane**
-------**supports: Text Wrapping + Text Centering using StyledDocument**
-------**issue : custom background color doesn't work Nimbus Look and Feel(be it disabled or enabled)**
which is bug as show here https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug;jsessionid=ab1938d61a7fd83ca2b54eb8df7?bug_id=6789980

my jdk version is : 1.6.0_33
Fixes tried :

UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults().put("TextPane.background", Color.RED);

but this also is unable to override the Nimbus default which is #d6d9df (214,217,223)

Can anyone help me with text Centering in the JTextArea? Thanks in advance

1. JTextArea
-------supports: Text Wrapping + background coloring with Nimbus LnF (only when its enabled)
-------issue : Text Centering is an issue in here

Solution

  • To center text you should use a JTextPane not a JTextArea. Centering text is a big issue.

    It is better to solve the background problem with the JTextPane.

    When using the Nimbus LAF it looks like you need to provide a custom Painter to just paint the background as a solid color. Check out this answer by @mKorbel. You would need to change the property tag. Also in the FillPainter I changed:

    g.setColor(color);
g.setColor(object.getBackground());